Lisa M. Siciliano

Hei Hei, Helsinki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Share your Helsinki ISLS journey via #isls2025!

Is this for posters too?

Last day for ILSSA elections! If you are an ISLS student member and would like the link, please let me know!

The amount of positions I have applied to since March....oof. How does one get employed again after being away from the non-academic work force for 6 years?

📣 Calling all ISLS student members 📣
It's time to vote in ILSSA elections for next year's committee! Check your email for the link to vote through July 24th!

So, I'm writing up a case as another form of analysis. I've coded and coded and coded and was told by one of my advisors to just, "write up the case." Cool, cool, cool. I know I am going into WAY too much detail, but my brain says...keep going! Write the details! Write them ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Help.

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One of those days where writing a paragraph takes an hour. One step at a time!

Something that has helped me is to think of my first draft as "Draft Zero." This original draft is not even as good as a first one. Just write! There's zero consequence for just putting something down on the page. Just by changing the name from "first" to "zero," my brain suddenly became free.

I've shared this with some folks, but not on here. For years and years during my doc program, I would have such a HORRIBLE time beginning to write. Often I was paralyzed by the fear of not being perfect, not being "right" - so I just wouldn't write at all. I still deal with that fear, but....

Yes. l am so glad I did it. I didn't officially start writing until maybe Friday? But I was ready to by then!

We're extending nominations through July 8th!

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I'm still not rested from my two-week road trip (and the several intense weeks of prepping for ISLS and grading for a course I taught at Loyola University before & after...), so instead of forcing myself to start writing up a case for my dissertation, I'm going to clean and then head to the beach.

2024 Version of ILSSA Overview Mission ILSSA works to support and develop the intellectual, social, and professional development of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdocs in the field of Learning Sciences (LS) and...

ISLS student members, are you interested in joining ILSSA for the 2024-2025 academic year?! Nominations are OPEN through July 1st, 2024! More info about the various roles, as well as the nomination and upcoming election processes, are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Here's the link to the symposium I participated in: Doing Learning Sciences Research In and Through Performing Arts: repository.isls.org//handle/1/10...

To everyone who helped at ISLS 2024 this year...THANK YOU! A special thank you goes out to all the ILSSA committee folks. SO PROUD of everything we have worked on this past year. @islsilssa.bsky.social

100%.

WOO HOO!!!!!!!

How did I miss this presentation!?

It was great!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a friend who recently did her dissertation on school closures in Chicago. I also have a chaptper coming out soon about how my school (who was on the chopping block) took the city to court...and won.

These are amazing sessions!!!!

First Cup Connections: Online Socials with ILSSA The ISLS 2024 Annual Meeting is scheduled at 10-14 June 2024 at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. To ensure that students and post-doc members of ISLS can still connect even if we cannot attend...

Join us for First Cup Connections: Online Socials with ILSSA via Zoom on June 10, 9:00 AM, EDT (8:00AM, CDT, 3:00PM CEST, 6:30PM Delhi, 9:00PM Manila, 10:00 PM Tokyo).
Please register through bit.ly/ILSSA-Online... so we can send you the Zoom link to the event! #studentsofisls #isls2024

Student or postdoc of the Learning Sciences? Missed registering for the ISLS 2024 Annual Meeting? Or maybe you are joining hybrid or online? Let's stay connected and start the conference at the same time on-site attendees are taking part in the Opening Ceremony! See next post for more info!

Approved!

Conference time has arrived!! We're wishing everyone attending in person safe travels to #ISLS2024! Share your conference adventures with us using the hashtag #StudentsOfISLS!

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After settling in at my Airbnb, my first stop in Buffalo was Anchor Bar for its Buffalo wings - the original wings! #isls2024

All students and postdocs at the ISLS annual meeting, you are welcome to a free dinner Monday evening at Big Ditch! @islsilssa.bsky.social #isls2024

Thursday June 13th, I'll be presenting my work at this hybrid symposium. If you are attending ISLS this year in person or online, I hope to see you there! #isls2024